Cybersecurity reimagined with groundbreaking Digital Twin Technology by Trend Micro
Trend Micro, a leading cybersecurity company, has announced the launch of its Digital Twin cybersecurity model. Powered by NVIDIA's accelerated computing and AI Enterprise software, this model offers a proactive, AI-driven approach to threat simulation and security scenario testing.
The Digital Twin model creates a high-fidelity, continuously updated simulation of an organization's IT infrastructure. This virtual replica, running autonomous red teaming, simulates a wide variety of real-world cyberattacks using the latest threat intelligence and industry-specific risks.
Key features of the Digital Twin model include proactive threat simulation and detection, a safe testing environment, continuous real-time updating, scenario planning with AI agents, business resilience optimization, and integration with Trend Micro's Agentic SIEM.
The model offers several benefits, such as enhanced security through ongoing intelligence-driven simulation, improved decision-making with data-backed testing, reduced risk by avoiding live environment exposure during testing, and improved incident response capabilities gained from rehearsal in the digital twin.
In comparison to traditional cybersecurity approaches, Trend Micro's Digital Twin model offers a significant evolution towards proactive, predictive, and continuous cybersecurity operations. It employs continuous, AI-driven autonomous simulation instead of periodic assessments, manual red/blue team exercises, and reactive security measures.
The Digital Twin model helps organizations proactively manage risk across various infrastructure types, including on-prem, cloud, IT, OT, and legacy to next-gen AI-powered systems. It validates defenses, allows real-time adaptation across complex digital environments, and simulates real-world cyber threats.
In a praiseworthy gesture, Trend Micro has announced it will open source its Trend Cybertron AI model and agent framework to accelerate the development of autonomous cybersecurity agents. This move is expected to further advance the field of proactive cybersecurity.
Bartley Richardson, Senior Engineering Director at NVIDIA, has lauded Trend Micro's Digital Twin technology for its AI-driven protection of enterprise infrastructure. He believes that this technology will help network defenders harness AI, close skill gaps, and improve security outcomes.
[1] Trend Micro Press Release: [Link to Press Release] [2] NVIDIA Blog Post: [Link to Blog Post] [3] Trend Micro Agentic SIEM: [Link to Product Page]
The Digital Twin cybersecurity model, launched by Trend Micro, leverages technology for a proactive, AI-driven approach to threat simulation and security scenario testing. This model, integrated with Trend Micro's Agentic SIEM, offers benefits such as proactive threat detection, real-time updating, and simulation of industry-specific risks in the field of data-and-cloud-computing.
